[X-Unix] Hiding apps from the command line

[Kirk McElhearn]

On 3/26/04 1:15 PM, "Eugene Lee" <list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net> wrote:

> 
> #!/bin/sh
> osascript <<END
> tell application "Finder"
> set visible of every process whose visible is true and name is not "Finder"
> and name is not "$1" to false
> end tell
> END

This works, but returns the following:

$ hido
144:147: execution error: Can't get end. (-1728)

Any ideas?
 
 
Kirk
 
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